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Brilliant Beginnings Learning Center
1196 Green Garden Circle
Virginia beach, VA 23453
(757) 468-5747

Current Inspector: Arlene Agustin (804) 629-7519

Inspection Date: Oct. 22, 2024

Complaint Related: No

Areas Reviewed:
8VAC20-780 Administration.
8VAC20-780 Physical Plant.
8VAC20-780 Staffing and Supervision.
8VAC20-780 Programs.
8VAC20-820 THE LICENSE.
8VAC20-820 THE LICENSING PROCESS.
20 Access to minor?s records
63.2 Child Abuse & Neglect

During the inspection, the inspector reviewed the areas listed above to include standards found out of compliance during the previous inspection. Unless otherwise noted as a violation within this inspection report, the provider was in compliance with the standards reviewed.

Technical Assistance:
Technical assistance was provided in the following areas:

Effective January 1, 2025, the VDOE will begin determining compliance with ? 22.1-289.057 of the Code of Virginia, which is legislation passed by the General Assembly in 2020. The law requires all licensed child day programs, religious exempt child day centers that serve preschool age children, and certified preschools to test potable drinking water. The law requires that programs submit their plans and test results to the Virginia Department of Health Office of Drinking Water (VDH ODW) and the Superintendent. If the results of the testing indicate elevated lead levels, the program shall remediate, retest, and resubmit results to VDH ODW and the Superintendent. There is an additional alternative bottled water option that comes with additional requirements. The statutory requirement can be found online at https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title22.1/chapter14.1/section22.1-289.057/

Securing of cord to bottle warmer.

Comments:
An unannounced, on-site focused inspection was initiated and completed on October 22, 2024. The on-site inspection began at 9:30am and ended at 11:05am. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas listed above. There were 43 children present and 8 staff. The inspector reviewed one child?s record on-site. This inspection included document review, tour of the facility, interviews, and observations. Information gathered during the inspection determined non-compliance with applicable standards or law, and violations are documented on the violation notice issued to the program.

Please complete the plan of correction (POC) and date to be corrected sections for each violation cited on the violation notice. Specify how the deficient practice will be or has been corrected. Submit your POC within five (5) business days from today, which will be the
close of business on 11/11/2024. A POC submitted after this date will not appear on the public website.

Compliance with all applicable regulations and law shall be maintained and any areas of noncompliance must be corrected.
Within 15 calendar days of your receipt of the inspection findings (inspection summary, violation notice, and supplemental information), you may request a review and discussion of these findings with the inspector's immediate supervisor. To make a request for review and discussion, you must contact the licensing supervisor at the regional licensing office that serves your geographical area. Regardless of whether a supervisory review has been requested, the results of the inspection will be posted to the DSS public website within 5 business days of your receipt of the Inspection Summary and/ or Violation Notice.
The department's inspection findings are subject to public disclosure.

Violations:
Standard #: 8VAC20-780-40-E
Description: The operational responsibilities of the licensee shall include ensuring that the center?s activities and services are maintained in compliance the center?s own policies and procedures required by the standards.

The assistant director, staff 2, stated that the playground procedure included a verbal name to face confirmation prior to exiting the building onto the playground. Staff 2 was observed counting the number of children without conducting a name to face check.

Plan of Correction: Our policy is as stated: You should be performing Attendance checks at the following times: -Arrival and Departure Times
- Going to and from the playground
- On the van or on a field trip
Transitioning from one location to another wit n each classroom group -When combining or regrouping rooms al the beginning/end or the day ln addition, please adhere to the following .safety rules:-Being in close proximity to the children at all times. This will allow you to react and be within reach to assist with any situation.
- Position yourself so that you can see the children at all times. Do not have blind spots.
- Make sure you are present when you are caring for children. This means being mentally present and aware of what is going on in your classroom
- Making sure all the children are within sight an? sound of you at all limes, I feel as though our policies were followed.

Standard #: 8VAC20-780-60-A
Description: REPEAT VIOLATION
Each center shall maintain and keep at the center a separate record for each child enrolled that shall contain the first and last dates of attendance.

The record provided by the assistant director for child 1 did not include the child?s first and last dates of attendance.

Plan of Correction: The center has all record electronically of all start and ends dates the student In question had these dates in ProCare
Please see attached

Standard #: 8VAC20-780-80-A
Description: For each group of children, the center shall maintain a written record of daily attendance that documents the arrival and departure of each child in care as it occurs.

There was no written record of attendance in the toddler classroom.

Plan of Correction: This violation is not correct. We use ProCare and every student is clocked in and out daily by their parent's fingerprint
The teacher did not have her clipboard
(which is an additional record or attendance, but only one of three records in the building.)

Standard #: 8VAC20-780-270-A
Description: REPEAT VIOLATION
Areas and equipment of the center, inside and outside , shall be maintained in a safe condition.
1) There is a hole in the ground under the gate to the toddler playground that is five inches in depth creating a fall/tripping hazard.
2) The cords to the music speakers on small shelves on the wall were hanging within reach of the children in three classrooms.
3) A ceiling tile around the open vent in the foyer and a tile around the air vent in the toddler classroom are stained, broken and warped.

Plan of Correction: The hole is the same hole that we were violated m standard number 8VAC20-780- (4)-330-Cd We will refill the hole with dirt The cords have been tied and are no longer hanging All of our ceiling tiles have been replaced They were never a danger to the children

Standard #: 8VAC20-780-280-B
Description: REPEAT VIOLATION
Hazardous substances shall be kept in a locked place using a safe locking method that prevents access by children.
An aerosol can of disinfecting spray labeled warning and keep out of reach of children was on top of the locker cubbies

Plan of Correction: All classrooms will receive a locked cabinet to keep all cleaning products in.

Standard #: 8VAC20-780-330-B
Description: Where playground equipment is provided, resilient surfacing shall comply with minimum safety standards when tested in accordance with procedures described in the American Society for Testing and Materials Compressed Loose Fill Synthetic Materials Depth Chart and Use Zones for Equipment and shall be under climbing apparatus to create a fall zone.

The engineered rubber mulch under the climbing structure on the large playground was measured in several areas to be less than the required six inches in depth.
The shredded wood mulch under the climbing structure on the toddler playground was measured in several areas to be less than the required six inches in depth.

Plan of Correction: After measuring the mulch on the playground we measured 7 inches under all slides and fall zones. We will continue to refill and rake our mulch to remain in compliance. Our director stated that the mulch was never measured and after looking at footage of the inspection. It was found that the inspector never measured.

Standard #: 8VAC20-780-330-C
Description: Ground supports shall be covered with materials to protect children from injury.

There is an approximate 5 inch deep hole in the ground under the gate to the toddler playground where concrete footings for the fence have been exposed.

Plan of Correction: We went through the licensing standards, and it does not state that concrete cannot be used for holes. We are in the process of having concrete poured onto the playground for a basketball court
We will refill the hole with dirt as well.

Standard #: 8VAC20-780-350-B-1
Description: The staff-to-children-ratio required for children from birth to 16 months is 1 staff for every 4 children.

There was one staff person on duty with five children, with the youngest, child 2, being 14 months old.

Plan of Correction: We follow all staff ratios The child that was visiting Toddlers was 15 months and has a transition letter that mom signed in her file (please see attached) letting her parents know that she would be ma 1-5 ratio while transitioning to Toddlers(Please see attached) Transition letter was sent 9/16/24

Disclaimer:

A compliance history is in no way a rating for a facility.

The online compliance history includes only information after July 1, 2003. In addition, the online compliance history includes information regarding adverse actions that may be the subject of a pending appeal. An adverse action is not final until a provider has exhausted or waived all due process rights. For compliance history prior to July 1, 2003, or information regarding the status of pending adverse actions, please contact the Licensing Inspector listed in the facility's information. The Virginia Department of Social Services (VDSS) is not responsible for any errors in or omissions from the compliance history information.

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